Food Neophobia

Food Neophobia: Behavioral and Biological Influences brings together academic and applied studies to give a comprehensive overview of this topic in both sensory and consumer science and pediatric psychology. The effects of food neophobia can have a huge impact on children's lives and an influence across their lifespan. Split into two main sections, the book focuses on both the environmental and biological aspects of food neophobia. It covers social, contextual and psychosocial factors that affect food neophobia. Sensory aspects of food neophobia are covered with chapters on disgust and sensation seeking, and genetic and evolutionary influences are also thoroughly discussed.

The book is essential reading for academic researchers studying food neophobia from a sensory, consumer science and psychological perspective. It will also be of value to food product developers, especially those working on products for children. Finally, healthcare professionals treating patients suffering from food neophobia will be able to gain greater insight into this condition.

Autorentext
Prof. Steve Reilly obtained his D.Phil. from the University of York, England, for research concerning the neural basis of learning and memory. He has held positions in Canada and the USA (Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine) and since 1996, has been in the Department of Psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of over 75 published articles on taste aversion and food neophobia, as well as being the co-editor of two books.

Inhalt

Part I: Non-Human Animal Research

1. Social Influences on Food Neophobia
2. Taste Neophobia over the Life Span
3. Stimulus-Stimulus Interactions and the Habituation of Neophobia
4. Context and Taste Neophobia
5. Palatability and the Neural Substrates of Taste Neophobia
6. Neuorbiology of Neophobia and Its Attenuation
7. The Insular Cortext and Taste Novelty

8. Dopamine and Taste Novelty

   Part II: Human Perspective
   9. Conceptualization and Measurement of Human Food Neophobia

9. Neophobia at 20 Months: A Visual Categorisation Problem?
10. Multi-Sensory Evaluation and the Neophobia Food Response
11. Genetic and Environmental Influences on Food Neophobia
12. Food Neophobia in Children and Its Relationship with Parental Feeding Practices/Style
13. Food Neophobia and Its Association with Diet Quality and Weight Status in Children
14. The Origins of Disordered Eating and Childhood Food Neophobia: Applying an Anxiety Perspective
15. Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: An Eating Disorder on a Spectrum with Food Neophobia
16. Neophobia in Children with Special Needs: Selective Eating and Its Treatment